Microsoft Office Excel 2010: Level 1

This course teaches the basic functions and features of Excel 2010. After an introduction to spreadsheet terminology and Excel's window components, students will learn how to use the Help system and navigate worksheets and workbooks. Then they will enter and edit text, values, formulas, and pictures, and they will save workbooks in various formats. Students will also move and copy data, learn about absolute and relative references, and work with ranges, rows, and columns. This course also covers simple functions, basic formatting techniques, and printing. Finally, students will create and modify charts, and learn how to manage large workbooks.

Students enrolling into Basic Excel should have experience with Windows 7 Operating System environment OR have taken Computer Foundations and Introducing Windows. It is strongly suggested to have taken Word 2010: Level 1 before Excel to gain familiarity with the Office ribbon and basic commands of the Office interface.